I'm Off!

Google has stuffed up once too often, I can no longer make entries using Open Live Writer and have to use their clunky text editor so I have gone elsewhere. I suspect Google don't really want to continue with Blogger so, that's it, I'm off.

If you have stumbled upon this blog then see it in all its glory by clicking on this link:

https://bcl.id.au/

See you there...

Home again.

9th March 2019

Distance: 643km
Fuel: 63L

Set off about 9am, like yesterday not an inspiring drive being mostly on the Hume Highway.

Stopped at Holbrook for lunch, tried the bakery first but it was packed so crossed the road to a cafe/restaurant and had a very nice lunch.

Afterwards wandered up to the submarine just to stretch the legs.

The original plan was to stop overnight at somewhere like Junee but at the turn off for Junee decided to press on for home.

The final stop was at Gundagai at the Dog on the Tuckerbox again just to stretch the legs, it was a long drive, far longer than I like to do these days but eventually arrived home in the late afternoon.

Trip Summary

Distance Travelled: 3237km
Fuel: 325L
Average Park cost: $29.10

The Route

Shepperton

8th March 2019

Distance: 411km
Fuel: 44L

Not an exciting day – making the way back home. A lot of the journey was driving on the Hume Highway.

Booked in at Shepparton’s Lake Victoria Holiday Park.

Walked beside the Goulburn River and Lake Victoria in the evening.

Great Ocean Road

7th March 2019

Distance: 101.9

After yesterday’s visit to the spectacular sights on the Great Ocean Rd west of Port Campbell, this morning we set off to visit the natural structures on the eastern side of Port Campbell.

Loch Ard Gorge, Broken Head and the Thunder Cave

Don’t know if the Thunder Cave is a new platform but I don’t recall seeing it on a previous visit.

!2 Apostles

No longer twelve, possibly eight or ten?  but the area was packed with people - I don’t remember this from a previous visit. It is starting to get like the Blue Mountains attractions – something to be avoided.

Kept travelling east with the intention of having lunch at Lavers Hill but found the local cafe in the middle of a power cut. Fortunately they still had hot pies but obviously no coffee or hot drinks.

Returned to Port Campbell and walked up the ‘Discovery Walk’ on the other side of the creek. It actually was worth the stairs with good views over the town.

Port Campbell

6th March 2019

Distance: 258km

Time to leave Mount Gambier, it is a town I like very much but time to move on to The Great Ocean Road.

Pretty uneventful drive cutting across country and avoiding major towns (such as there are) until reaching the Great Ocean Road where we periodically stopped to enjoy the views.

Bay of Islands

The Grotto

London Bridge

Unfortunately one of the arches collapsed a few years ago.

The Arch

The weather was really cold with a strong southerly wind reducing the temperature to an apparent 7'C. It just never let up.

We arrived at Port Campbell checked in and set up camp the wind was still bitterly cold making the 15'C seem like 7'C according to BOM.